The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Nichols, 1816 |
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Pagina 16
... heart of the country . Then follows a description of Abys- sinia , formerly the largest empire of which we have an account in history . It extended from the Red Sea to the kingdom of Congo , and from Egypt to the Indian Sea , con ...
... heart of the country . Then follows a description of Abys- sinia , formerly the largest empire of which we have an account in history . It extended from the Red Sea to the kingdom of Congo , and from Egypt to the Indian Sea , con ...
Pagina 39
... heart ? With a mind naturally vigorous , and quick- ened by necessity , Johnson formed a multi- plicity of projects ; but most of them proved abortive . A number of small tracts issued from his GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 39.
... heart ? With a mind naturally vigorous , and quick- ened by necessity , Johnson formed a multi- plicity of projects ; but most of them proved abortive . A number of small tracts issued from his GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 39.
Pagina 54
... heart . " There may , perhaps , be a degree of same- ness in this regular way of tracing an author from one work to another , and the reader may feel the effect of a tedious monotony ; but in the life of Johnson there are no other ...
... heart . " There may , perhaps , be a degree of same- ness in this regular way of tracing an author from one work to another , and the reader may feel the effect of a tedious monotony ; but in the life of Johnson there are no other ...
Pagina 63
... heart , towered above the petty arts of fraud and imposition , against an injudicious biographer , who under- took to be his editor , and the protector of his memory . Another writer , Dr. Towers , in an Essay on the Life and Character ...
... heart , towered above the petty arts of fraud and imposition , against an injudicious biographer , who under- took to be his editor , and the protector of his memory . Another writer , Dr. Towers , in an Essay on the Life and Character ...
Pagina 85
... heart , No gleam of wit or fancy can impart ; Whate'er the cause , from me no numbers flow , No visions warm me , and no raptures glow . A mind like Scaliger's , superior still , No grief could conquer , no misfortune chill . Though for ...
... heart , No gleam of wit or fancy can impart ; Whate'er the cause , from me no numbers flow , No visions warm me , and no raptures glow . A mind like Scaliger's , superior still , No grief could conquer , no misfortune chill . Though for ...
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Pagina 44 - Johnson : one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well ; but I took care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it.
Pagina 190 - Ah! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Pagina 139 - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. Pol. ' That's very true, my lord. Ham. For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god kissing carrion — 'Have you a daughter ? Pol. I have, my lord. Ham. Let her not walk i' the sun : conception is a blessing ; but not as your daughter may conceive.
Pagina 76 - ... Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Pagina 187 - Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat...
Pagina 182 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait ; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost ; He comes...
Pagina 183 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord.
Pagina 175 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Pagina 187 - Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
Pagina 55 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...